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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 489 · 40 questions
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How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

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  1. 1.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) watermelon (c) banana
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) cricket (c) tomato
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) calculator (c) imagination
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) potato (c) possibility
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) girl (c) people
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) pencil (c) computer
  25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) earth (b) pencil (c) conversation
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) kangaroo (b) window (c) girl
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) people (c) refrigerator
  39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) important (c) hippopotamus
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. watermelon
  2. 3
  3. tomato
  4. 5
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 4
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. 4
  14. 5
  15. 1
  16. imagination
  17. garden
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. grandmother
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. 1
  24. computer
  25. pencil
  26. 4
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. 3
  32. 2
  33. girl
  34. 2
  35. 4
  36. 2
  37. 5
  38. people
  39. important
  40. 2

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